McKnight, who joined the force two years ago, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. A suspect, 38-year-old Richard Dennis of Sicklerville, was arrested minutes later after fleeing toward South 7th Street and Kaighns Avenue,

A Sicklerville man stabbed a police officer in the neck, critically injuring the victim on Sunday in Camden, authorities said. Richard Dennis stabbed the Camden County police officer "unprovoked" just before 6 p.

Shortly before 6 p.m., Officer Josh McKnight was conducting a business check in the area of Broadway and Chestnut Street when, without provocation, Richard Dennis, of Sicklerville, stabbed him in the neck, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said.